The Nines

Leadership Network and Catalyst are co-sponsoring an online conference on 9/9/9 called The Nines.

What if you could sit down across your desk with some of the best leaders in today’s church and hear what they would say to you? That’s the idea behind THE NINES.
THE NINES is a free one-day event that will [...]

Frank Schaeffer on an Increasingly Troublesome Point

In this article, Frank Schaeffer (Francis’ son) dialogues with an incredibly troublesome piece of the current administration ideology (that the republican candidates would carry on). Specifically, this piece of Palin’s acceptance speech:
“Terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America … he’s [Obama] worried that someone won’t read them their rights.”
Fascism in the making, [...]

Wordle

Cool new word site: Wordle.

Colson, Boyd and Claiborne

At the National Pastor’s Convention, NPR hosted a [discussion on faith and politics][1] with Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd and Shane Claiborne. It makes for a great listen and is about an hour and a half long. (Some of the quotes in my Idolatry rant below even get included!)
[1]:http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/evangelical_politics/index.shtml

MindNode

If you use a mac and are interested in some free mind-mapping software that looks really nice, check out MindNode.

I just wrote my first article for the Jesus Manifesto.  It comes from spending time in Hosea this weekend…